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NABARD - Grade A
Shankar School of Banking
November 10 , 2025
194
Important Dates
Online Application Registration and Payment of Online Fees/Intimation Charges - 08 November 2025 to 30 November 2025
Phase I (Preliminary) – Online Examination (RDBS/Legal/ Protocol & Security) - 20 December 2025
Phase II (Mains) – Online Examination (RDBS/Legal) - 25 January 2026
Application Fee
Category of applicant Application Fee Intimation charges etc.
Total For SC/ ST/ PWBD - NIL (Intimation charges etc. - 150) + GST
For all others - 700 ((Intimation charges etc. -150*) + GST
Vacancy Details
Total Vacancy - 91
Age Limit
Age group - 21 to 30 years
Relaxation - OBC: 3 years
SC/ST - 5 years
Education Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from any recognized University/Institution with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree, MBA/PGDM with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate OR CA/ CS/CMA/ ICWA OR Ph.D from Institutions recognized by GOI/UGC .
Other Details
Preliminary Examination Structure for Grade A (RDBS/Legal)
Qualifying Section - Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making
Merit Section - General Awareness, Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India.
Shortlisting of the candidates for the Mains exam will be based on marks scored in the Merit section only.
The Scores of Online Examination are obtained by adopting the following procedure: (i) Number of questions answered correctly by a candidate in each objective test is considered for arriving at the Corrected Score after applying penalty for wrong answers.
(ii) The Corrected Scores so obtained by a candidate are made equivalent to take care of the minor difference in difficulty level, if any, in each of the objective tests held in different sessions to arrive at the Equated Scores* * Scores obtained by candidates on any test are equated to the base form by considering the distribution of scores of all the forms.
(iii) Testwise scores and scores on total is reported with decimal point upto two digits. The calling Ratio to qualify for the main examination and interview would be a maximum of 1:25 and 1:3, respectively. The ratio may be suitably reduced at the discretion of the bank. Candidates who qualify and rank sufficiently high as decided by NABARD, shall be called for appearing at the Main Examination and Interview. There will be penalty for wrong answers marked by the candidate. For every wrong answer marked, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty in Phase-I and Phase-II, both.
Candidates can answer the examination in Hindi or English (as applicable) at their option. Candidates can opt for interview in Hindi or English.